re: Jimbo Fisher Staff Thread

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i think chip's biggest issue with recruiting was that it's hard as hell in oregon.

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Yes. The problem there is - ALL of your talent comes from not just California but Southern California and Texas. You basically have to cheat to get even middling talent to come to Oregon. You get no "gimme" in-state, grew-up-loving-you talent or legacies. You have to claw with the country's biggest programs for kids that are rightfully theirs just to win the odd kid here and there and then because that's always only going to produce middling results, you have to scheme the rest of the way and then eventually get busted for cheating. No one would like that long-term. It would be a frustrating existence, especially when you have to watch USC, UCLA, Texas, Texas A&M just standing there practically having the kids you have to cheat to get just walking up and volunteering to play for them and then they mostly accomplish nothing with those kids.